General medicine guidelines

34 current general medicine guidelines from national agencies, European societies, and HTA bodies, across 14 source groups. eUvidence anchors general medicine answers to this guidance; each entry links to the issuing body’s own page.

European societies· 1

• The European Definition of General Practice / Family Medicine (2023 edition)

  WONCA Europe · World Organization of Family Doctors - Europe · 2023 · position paper

Austria· 1

• Austrian Vaccination Plan 2025/2026

  BMASGPK · Bundesministerium fuer Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz · 2025

Belgium· 2

• Low back pain and radicular pain: evaluation and management

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2017

• What are the recommended clinical assessments and tests during pregnancy?

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2015

Denmark· 2

• Deprescribing: A Systematic Approach

  DSAM · Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin · 2025

• Palliative Care: Clinical Guideline for General Practice

  DSAM · Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin · 2024

Finland· 2

• Palliative and End-of-Life Care

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Association for Palliative Medicine · 2018

• Sinusitis

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery · 2018

France· 4

• Care pathway guide: overweight and obesity in adults

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2023

• Management of the patient with common low back pain

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2019 · recommendation

• Management of hypertension in adults

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2016 · recommendation

• Smoking cessation: from individual screening to maintenance of abstinence in primary care

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2014 · recommendation

Germany· 2

• Primary-care risk counselling for cardiovascular prevention (S3 guideline)

  DEGAM · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin · 2025

• Fatigue (S3 guideline)

  DEGAM · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin · 2022

Ireland· 3

• Stop Smoking: National Clinical Guideline No. 28

  NCEC · National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Department of Health · 2022

• Irish National Early Warning System (INEWS) Version 2: National Clinical Guideline No. 1

  NCEC · National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Department of Health · 2020

• Nutrition Screening and Use of Oral Nutrition Support for Adults in the Acute Care Setting: National Clinical Guideline No. 22

  NCEC · National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Department of Health · 2020

Netherlands· 6

• High blood pressure

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2024 · good practice guide

• Stopping smoking

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2024 · good practice guide

• Poor sleep

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2024 · good practice guide

• Overweight in adults

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2023 · good practice guide

• Menopause

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2022 · good practice guide

• Low back pain

  NHG · Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap · 2017 · good practice guide

Norway· 1

• National Clinical Guideline for Antenatal Care

  Helsedir · Norwegian Directorate of Health · 2024

Poland· 1

• Clinical Recommendations for the Management of Patients with Obesity 2022

  PTLO · Polskie Towarzystwo Leczenia Otylosci · 2022 · recommendation

Portugal· 1

• Treatment of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections

  DGS · Direcao-Geral da Saude · 2011

Sweden· 2

• National Care Programme for Palliative Care - Adults

  RCC · Regional Cancer Centres in Collaboration · 2026

• Contraception - Treatment Recommendation

  Lakemedelsverket · Medical Products Agency · 2014 · recommendation

United Kingdom· 6

• Overweight and obesity management

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2025

• Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2023

• Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2021

• Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2019

• Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2016

• Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2016